Future Leaders Fellowships: Round 10, Business And Non-Academic

UK-registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £110 million for ambitious research and innovation projects across any sector, along with tailored support to develop careers for future leaders. This funding is provided by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

The aim of this competition is to:

• Support ambitious research and innovation to tackle difficult and novel challenges
• Promote excellence in innovation, including at interdisciplinary boundaries and across sectors
• Develop, retain, and attract the next wave of research and innovation leaders

Your project can:

• Consist of a single programme of work or multiple consecutive or concurrent projects led by the Fellow (referred to as a “Portfolio Fellowship”)
• Be adapted once underway to respond to changes in the research landscape or business needs

Proposals are invited from all areas of research and innovation, including:

• The arts, humanities, and social sciences
• The seven technology families outlined in the UK’s innovation strategy
• Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary applications

All participants in the scheme and their host organisations must give due consideration to the appropriate protection of any intellectual property (IP) arising from the project. You must describe effective routes to exploitation that have the potential to achieve maximum benefit for the UK economy and wider society.

The application must be initiated by the Fellow as a representative of the host organisation.

To host a Future Leaders Fellow, your organisation must be a UK-registered:

• Business of any size
• Charitable organisation
• Catapult
• Public organisation
• Agri-tech centre
• Eligible research organisation